Printing device.



J. B. HALL.

PRINTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 0on4. 1913.

1,2%3,289, Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

WMTED TATE PATENT @FFTQE.

JOHN'B. HALL, or CHICAGO, rumors, AssIeNoR- ro .AnnnnssoGaArH COMPANY,or

CHICAGO, rnmivoran conrona'rron onjrnmnois. I v

provements 1n Printing Devices, of which the followlng 1s aspecification.

This invention relates to improvementsin printing devices for use inaddressing machines.

Printing devices of this character have been made as illustrated inPatent No. 1,036,118, dated August 20, 1912, and comprising a pluralityof grooves extending from top to bottom of the device to receive typeconstituting the address form, and a side extension to carry informationcards. Considerable expense is involved in maintaining a supply of typefor correcting and replacing addresses in these devices and this workrequires more or less skill. The owner of an outfit comprising theseprinting devices is at present compelled to adhere to the loose typemethod of making the forms in correcting and replacing addresses becauseof the necessity of maintaining uniformity in his printing devices sothat they will all properly operate in the addressing machine.

It is the object of my invention to reduce the cost of providing andmaintaining the addresses in an outfit comprising printing devices ofthe character above mentioned by providing printing plates having theaddress form stamped in relief thereon which can be used interchangeablyon these printing devices with the loose type.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a printingdevice embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a blank printing plate;

Fig. 4; shows another form of the frame with a printing plate thereon.

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates the frame of the printing device,comprising the arms 6 having downward extensions a plurality of ribs 8forming intermediate channels 9 to recelve the lines of type, flanges10, 11, and lips 12 to receive and hold the cards 13, 14. The card 13preferably bears an impression of the address form and the card 1 1 maybear any desired informat on. The frame is also provided with spacingSpecification of Letters Patent.

in the county of Cook and State 'of'" PatentedOct. 16,1911

Application filed October 4, 1913. Serial'No. 793,358. I

flanges '15 of} suitable character. The address devi'ce'thus describedand illustrated is substantially the same as that shown in the-patentabovementioned and my invention consists in the provision of a printingplate especially adapted for use .in an address frame of this kind inplace of the loose type for the reasons mentioned.

The printing plate 16 is provided with flanges 17 18, at its edges toengage the shoulders .8 on the outer ribs 8 of the frame and the platemay be held in place on the frame by frictional engagement therewith orby providing one or more lips 19 at the edge of the frame-or by stampinga spring tongue 20 out of the frame to engage a recess 21 in the plate.It may be suflicient for ordinary purposes to rely upon frictionalengagement of the plate with the frame but the lip, or the springtongue, or both may be employed if desired. The printing characters arestamped in relief on the printing plate and if the printing plate isintended to carry the salutation in addition to the address I preferablyterminate the flange, such as 18, at 18 to facilitate the stamping ofthe Salutation in the plate.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the bed for the printing plate is formed by the ribsbut if the frame is not intended for loose type it will not be necessaryto provide these ribs and intermediate channels and the bed may bestruck up as shown at 22 in Fig. 4: with an end flange 23 to hold theplate in place.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing description that theprinting plates may be readily substituted for the loose type in makingcorrections, replacements and additions in an outfit having printingdevices of this character and at much less cost than would be involvedin maintaining a supply of type and setting up an address therefrom. Myinvention also enables the continued use of these frames and theprinting devices bearing the printing plates may be used with thedevices having loose type addresses and in the same machine withoutrequiring any adjustment or attention. If additional frames are requiredin such an outfit I would prefer to provide'the frame illustrated inFig. 4: because it costs less to manufacture than the frame illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2. Thus my invention not only provides for maintaining anoutfit having the loose type at m c v ess cost han Q l ibe l r difj theloosetype-"method Were continued but it also enables the OW'IIGI" ofsuchan out-fit;

to readily change over to the printing plate.

method.

I claim:

of the device, and a printing plate having type characters stamped inrelief thereon and provided: at its edges with flanges to igaapae engagethe edges of said bed, one of said flanges extending P from anend 'ofthe plate part way of the lengthof-the plate to leave a, space for typecharacters to be stamped onthe'plate closely adjacent to the edgethereof and to lie close to the edge of the bed; JOHN B. HALL.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. BELT,

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